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POV03: People in Families with Related Children Under 18 by Family Structure, Age, and Sex, Iterated by Income-to-Poverty Ratio and Race: 2008

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2009 Annual Social and Economic Supplement.

(Numbers in thousands)

  People in families (total) (2) People in married-couple families (11) People in families with a male householder, no wife present People in families with a female householder, no husband present
All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6) All income levels Below 135% of poverty (5) Percentage below 135% of poverty (6)

White alone, not Hispanic
 
People in families, with related
 children under 18 years, total (9) 		88,978 12,033 13.5 72,349 6,055 8.4 4,391 1,041 23.7 12,238 4,937 40.3
  Under 18 years 40,735 6,377 15.7 32,195 3,051 9.5 2,264 564 24.9 6,276 2,762 44.0
      Under 5 years 10,814 1,908 17.6 8,795 903 10.3 625 180 28.8 1,394 825 59.2
      5 to 17 years 29,921 4,468 14.9 23,400 2,148 9.2 1,639 384 23.4 4,882 1,936 39.7
  18 to 64 years 47,070 5,439 11.6 39,352 2,904 7.4 2,031 452 22.2 5,686 2,083 36.6
      18 to 24 years 5,693 1,035 18.2 4,170 436 10.4 346 94 27.2 1,177 505 43.0
      25 to 34 years 10,952 1,675 15.3 9,034 864 9.6 523 133 25.4 1,395 678 48.6
      35 to 44 years 16,892 1,523 9.0 14,729 896 6.1 573 122 21.3 1,590 505 31.8
      45 to 54 years 11,114 904 8.1 9,491 534 5.6 456 74 16.2 1,167 296 25.4
      55 to 59 years 1,622 197 12.1 1,302 108 8.3 94 21 22.6 225 68 30.1
      60 to 64 years 797 105 13.1 626 67 10.6 39 7 (B) 131 30 23.2
  65 years and over 1,174 218 18.6 802 101 12.5 95 25 26.6 276 92 33.3
      65 to 74 years 759 128 16.8 534 61 11.3 58 17 (B) 167 50 29.9
      75 years and over 415 90 21.7 268 40 14.9 37 8 (B) 109 42 38.5
Male 43,540 5,387 12.4 36,629 3,023 8.3 3,040 715 23.5 3,871 1,649 42.6
  Under 18 years 20,915 3,314 15.8 16,495 1,543 9.4 1,249 306 24.5 3,172 1,465 46.2
      Under 5 years 5,540 1,003 18.1 4,496 458 10.2 337 93 27.7 707 451 63.9
      5 to 17 years 15,376 2,311 15.0 11,998 1,085 9.0 912 212 23.3 2,465 1,014 41.1
  18 to 64 years 22,100 1,988 9.0 19,704 1,419 7.2 1,717 388 22.6 679 180 26.5
      18 to 24 years 2,719 390 14.4 2,141 206 9.6 219 75 34.1 359 110 30.5
      25 to 34 years 4,549 525 11.5 3,976 378 9.5 451 119 26.4 122 28 22.8
      35 to 44 years 7,788 554 7.1 7,192 438 6.1 522 107 20.5 73 9 (B)
      45 to 54 years 5,673 375 6.6 5,188 296 5.7 406 63 15.5 79 16 19.7
      55 to 59 years 937 99 10.6 820 66 8.1 83 17 20.4 34 16 (B)
      60 to 64 years 434 44 10.2 387 35 9.2 36 7 (B) 11 1 (B)
  65 years and over 525 86 16.3 431 60 14.0 75 21 (B) 20 5 (B)
      65 to 74 years 378 59 15.6 321 40 12.3 46 15 (B) 12 5 (B)
      75 years and over 147 27 18.1 110 21 18.9 29 6 (B) 8 0 (B)
Female 45,438 6,646 14.6 35,720 3,032 8.5 1,351 326 24.2 8,367 3,287 39.3
  Under 18 years 19,820 3,063 15.5 15,700 1,507 9.6 1,015 258 25.4 3,105 1,297 41.8
      Under 5 years 5,274 905 17.2 4,299 444 10.3 288 87 30.2 688 374 54.4
      5 to 17 years 14,545 2,157 14.8 11,401 1,063 9.3 727 171 23.6 2,417 923 38.2
  18 to 64 years 24,970 3,451 13.8 19,649 1,485 7.6 315 64 20.2 5,006 1,903 38.0
      18 to 24 years 2,974 645 21.7 2,029 230 11.3 127 20 15.4 817 396 48.4
      25 to 34 years 6,403 1,150 18.0 5,058 486 9.6 72 14 (B) 1,273 650 51.1
      35 to 44 years 9,104 970 10.6 7,537 459 6.1 51 15 (B) 1,516 496 32.7
      45 to 54 years 5,442 529 9.7 4,304 238 5.5 50 11 (B) 1,088 281 25.8
      55 to 59 years 685 97 14.2 482 42 8.6 11 4 (B) 192 51 26.8
      60 to 64 years 363 60 16.6 239 31 13.0 3 0 (B) 120 29 24.2
  65 years and over 649 132 20.4 371 40 10.8 21 5 (B) 256 87 34.1
      65 to 74 years 381 69 18.0 213 21 9.8 12 2 (B) 155 45 29.2
      75 years and over 268 64 23.7 158 19 12.2 8 2 (B) 101 42 41.5

Poverty Footnotes

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